We are Social Media. (4th October)

The Internet is simply a way for people to connect and data to be shared, there are no borders and very few restrictions. It is a network of networks and is a culture of cultures, but it is still a technology and beneath any piece of technology is humanity.

We are all reflected onto the internet as people and personalities when we interact with the internet, the technology becoming an extension of ourselves. However, the freedoms the internet provides allows for that mirror to become a lense that we use to focus specific ideals and aspects of ourselves more strongly.

However, the internet also reflects just as strongly back, becoming a part of who we are more and more in our day to day lives.

It is impossible to understand The Internet without understanding that all technology mimics and aspect of humanity, and is there to help seve a purpose.
Cybernetics, when stripped back down to its simplest meaning, is just the act of steering towards a goal. To act, see, sense then steer towards what we, as humans, want.

The worlds we live in; The Physical, Social and Digital, are all there to work and the cybernetics within them manifest as ways to measure and correct failures to meet tasks. Our conversations are moderated by the cybernetics of what is and isn't socially acceptable. Our bodies are regulated by the cybernetics that keep our hearts beating and our body temperatures constant. The internet follows endless cybernetics to keep it afloat.

Simply put, The Internet is simply another human construct that is there to help humans be more human.